Just another AEFW thread
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radiolunatic
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Oouch!
Any guess where is that coming from? From mariculture or from other people's tank.
Any guess where is that coming from? From mariculture or from other people's tank.
sfsuphysics
Active member
so the acro flat worms supposedly don't go after acropora millipora species?
orientalexpress
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they're love millie
lapsan
lapsan
frags are better than colonies since there are fewer places for the eggs to "hide" and hitchike into your tank. Either way the little monsters really suck. We are still battling them ourselves. 
but seem to be gaining ground as some previously affected acros are now showing new growth again.
but seem to be gaining ground as some previously affected acros are now showing new growth again.
Qwiv
Persistant Perspective
From a lot of the reports I have seen, Millie's have survived them. Don't know why. Then there are reports that the millies are the most infected. It might be a different species.
I am scared to add corals to my tanks now.
On the last few pieces I have received, I have stopped the dipping I normally do and put them strait into quarantine. My theory on this is, if there infected, I want as many flat worms as possible to survive, so that I can identify the problem easier in quarantine. My buddy got them even after quarantine. He dips all the corals and thinks a few eggs survived the dip. Then in quarantine, he didn't identify the problem because the population was so low, he didn't see them. They only appeared in number once he added them to the tank.
That is why I stopped the dip! I want to see them early.
I think the problem is coming from a few wholesalers tanks in LA being infected. The turn over of corals is so quick in those tanks that the problem might not appear until later, plus those corals are weak from stress. The problem also showed up very quickly and is spread all around the US.
I am scared to add corals to my tanks now.
On the last few pieces I have received, I have stopped the dipping I normally do and put them strait into quarantine. My theory on this is, if there infected, I want as many flat worms as possible to survive, so that I can identify the problem easier in quarantine. My buddy got them even after quarantine. He dips all the corals and thinks a few eggs survived the dip. Then in quarantine, he didn't identify the problem because the population was so low, he didn't see them. They only appeared in number once he added them to the tank.
That is why I stopped the dip! I want to see them early.
I think the problem is coming from a few wholesalers tanks in LA being infected. The turn over of corals is so quick in those tanks that the problem might not appear until later, plus those corals are weak from stress. The problem also showed up very quickly and is spread all around the US.
Jesus
Member
Flat worm has been around since the beginning. It's just fin the wild, there is a preditor that eats them. Since aquaculture has been introduce, just recently, things has gotten worst since when they grow cultured one, there's no pest to eat them since they are isolated from the wild.
jesus
jesus
I know, I wish they were that easy to spot. The reason this shot came out so good, is I wasn't keeping the coral. I allowed it to dry out for a while, until the flesh receeded into the skeleton more, then I took the shot. To the naked eye, just looking into a tank, I doubt I would have ever spotted them
